People v. Sharpless’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2006
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Rhode Island v. Innis · Brewer v. Williams · Culombe v. Connecticut
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Confessions remain a proper element in law enforcement. Any statement given freely and voluntarily without any compelling influences is, of course, admissible in evidence. The fundamental import of the privilege while an individual is in custody is not whether he is allowed to talk to the police without the benefit of warnings and counsel, but whether he can be interrogated .... Volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the Fifth Amendment. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Gonzales
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.